Snugly-stowing stockless anchor.



W, S. BIGKLEY. SNUGLY STOWING STOGKLESS ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED. JUNE 18, 1908.

Emma Dec.29,1908.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 1.

STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

wanrnn sBIcKLEY, or CHESTER, PENNSYLVANILASSIGNOR To BALDT'ANCHOR oonrmr, A CORPORATION or New JERS Y.

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are; 907,957.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed June '18, 1908. Serial No. 439,119;

To all'whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTERS. BioKLEY, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of. the city of Chester, in the county of Dela-- ware and State' of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Snugly-Stowing 'Sto'ckles's Anchors, of.

which the followin is aspecification.

My invention re ates to stockless anchors,

": and is an improvement upon the'anchor. of

the twe described in prior U. S. Letters slat'en-t No. 570,420,]October 27,- 1896.

It is the object of my invention to provide a stockless' anchor, which shall stowisnugly -15 inda ship s hawse pipe and firmly against the;

Sides of the ship, and'to operate as an effectiretopp r ii -the haw e pipe, and. to prekvent any .movement. or pounding of the anchor with respect to the-ship; To this end, the head orcrown of the anchor, with which the flukes are integral, is provided with longgtransversely extending ears between which and. the center of the'e'i'own are deep depressions, whereby the head or crown may clear the hawse pipe lips or flanges and rest upon. e. e r gains the sh ps h l, h

flukes being divergen ou wardly to escapethe hawse pipe lip and to rest with their.

points against-theships hull. And tripping or deflecting lugsare provided at the'middle ofthe anchor crown or head, such lugs adapted. to enter and bear upon the inner wall of the hawse pipe, thereby giving an additional point -of-. support, and for deflecting th flukesaga'inst the hull. And the arrangement, of the parts is such-that the anchor head 01' crown passes partially into, the hawse pipe forming with the shank and other parts -.a substantial s'topperfor the hawse pipe, to prevent thejrnshingof water up through the hawse pipe to the slnps deck. My invention resides in other features hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

For anillustration of one of the formsmy invention may take reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of: the completeanchor. same. Fig. anchor head or crowmthe shank being shown in elevation. Fig. '4 is a sectional view through the hawse pipe showingthe anchor stowed therein. Fig. 5 is a perspective View Fig, 2 is. an end elevation of the 3 is a central section through the of the shank weight.

The shank 1, carrying the usualshackle, 2,

. is preferablyof rectangular or other; suitable cross section, particu arly where it passes nto the anchor header crown 3 to prevent ts rotation with respect to the crown, exce t m a given plane. The shank 1 tapers slight y from the shackle to the crown and just under the shackle is applied a shank weight W,

which maybe-of spherical or any other suit-.

able form.

Theweight W is made in two parts, preferably s'lmlla'r, one-of the arts bemg shown in Fig. 6. A recessiis a apted to receive theshank 1, the taper of the. shank preventing the, weight. from. dropping down toward the crown. The parts "are [preferably of cast metal, such as cast steel, and on one side of the recess r is rovided a tapering lug 01' pin 1, castiintegra .with the body, and adapted to pass into a similarly tapering recess or hole h on the other side of the recess 1", in the other half member, .so that in each member there is a tapering hole to receive the tapering liigtl on the other member. When the parts ave been placed together around the shank, the ends of thelugs 1 are flattened or riveted over .into the countersinks c which terminate theholes h. This weight-serves to overcome the buoyancy or liftin power of an anchor-rope securedm' the shac e 2, causing the shank to liesubstantially parallel with the bottom of the body of water and to prevent it being lifted up or held in an upri ht position by the buoyancy of a rope or 0t er means attached to the anchor.

Cast integral with the head or crown 3 are the flukes 4, which preferably diverge for the purposes hereinafter set forth. Extending transversely to the anchor head and integral therewith, and disposed at right angles to the plane of the flukes .4, are the ears 5, 5 and be-. tween the ears and the center of the crown or head are deep depressions 6." On each side of the crown, ap roximate its middle, are provided integral ugs 7. d

Atthe middle of the crown is an opening 8 to permit the passage ofthe shankl whose angular movement with respect to the crown is limited by the surfaces 9. On the end of -the shank is formed an integral ball or'subthe cut away portions 6 serving to allow the parts to clear the llps 17 without engaging which a in the crow Through the serves simply t V ping out throng head 3. The lei-v":

continuous subslanmall spherica shaoe, mahoul; grooves or enlargementhzving (1 here shown of slightly less radius than the rediusol the rincpal hall portion 10. By this construction, tlu shank 1 may he moved to right or leis, as vi wed in Fig. 3, against the limiting surfaces S, 9, the ball 10 serving as the bearing of che shank against the crown 3 and taking the strains, while the pin 1" other features, the spherical surface 34 being serves to prevent;- the shank from dropping out of the head. B this, construction, the shank and head portions can he made of cast metal, preferably caststeel, Without con1plications in form, and with a minimum of ussenihly or machine s; rlr,

In Fig. l, 15 represenls lniwso pipe of a ship terminating ac upper end approximate the deck 1%}, and. at outer end in' the lips or flanges 17 fitting the side 18 of the ship. The View hereshown is a sectional one looking from the how towards the stern of the ship, 19 indicating the position of another of the ships decks. As here shown, the shank 1 is drawn by the chain 20 Well into the house-pipe, the one lug '2' and the hub or central part of the crown 3 riding into the hawse pipe, the lug 7 serving; to trip or tilt the crown, so to throw the fiukes i in against the side 18 of the ship, vi li/ll the ai'ichor in this position, it, acts as a substantial stopper for rho haWse pipe to prevenor'he iiowingof water up through the hawse pipe to the deck 16, as occurs when an anchor is otherwise stowed, and a ship is unrer substantial headway.

In Fig. 5, which shows the a ter and lower end of the hawse pipe, the parts are shown in perspective when the anchor is slowed. Here, the lower lug 7 is seen resting just Within the hawse pipe or juslv beyond the lip 1'7, the central portion of the crown or head and the shank 1 substantially filling the entry to the house pipe. The divergent; flukes l, ,4 allow them to pass over to either side oi the lips 1'7, so as not to engage the lips, but to allow the points of the llulrcs to rest snugly against the ships side. The care :5, 5 also bear against. the ships side,

there. it follows, therefore, thar the anchor may he snugly stowed in the he 'se pipe, SQTViDQf'fiS substantial stopper, there being hearing; points at the ends of the ilulges, upon the ears 5 l at the lugs '2' so that the anchor is held ;ly, a plurality of the ship, preventing any n of the anchor with respect to the his prevents any ounding oi the a. no against the ship, sue i pounding haw ing been sible with anchors of the stool;- less type c rctoiore used and which were not adopted to he snugly end firmly stowed.

Who; I claim is:

l. in a stocklese anchor, crown member having ilulres, ashaulr, a central openin in one side of said crown member to receive said shenlr, e substantially spherically she ed socket in said crown piece, e hall HIQHTKWZI' integral with said shank and hearing in said soclzel; in said crown piece, the rear surface of said hell member being of continuous sub-.

stantially spherical shape of less diameter, and a pin extending through said crown piece and in proximity to the continuous substantially spherical end of said shank.

2. A snu" stoning stockless anchor comprising a crown piece, a shank secured therein and movable with respect thereto, ilukcs upon said crown piece, and cars upon said crown piece disposed at right angles to the plane of the llukcs, means for drawing :1 part of said crown pier-c into the hawse pipe, and said hikes and. cars adapted to olcrr the hawse pipe lips and bear a ainst the shins side.

3. A snugly stoning stocklcss anchor com prising a crown piece, e shank secured ther: in and movable with respect; thereto, llulzes upon said crown piece diverging to avoid the hawse pipe lips, and ears upon said crown piece oisposcd right angles to the plane of said 'iiukes, means for droning; a part of said croun piece into the house pine and said llultes and ears adapted to he: against lhc ships side.

4-. A snugly slowing SlOt'lilGSS anchor comprising crown piece, a shank scoured t'hcrcin and movable with. respect thereto, ilulies upon said crown piece, cars upon said (no. '11 piece disposed at right angles to the plane of said llulrcs, and a lug approxinmte the center of said crown piece adapted to bear upon and within the lie-use pipe and to deflect. said llul es against the ships side, said iiulies and said cars adapted to bear against itlie side of the ship.

5. A snugly slowing stocklcss anchor com. prising a crown piece, a shank secured there in and movable with respect thereto, i'h we CJI too

upon said crown piece, ears at opposite ends of said crown piece disposed at right sin-- gles to the plane or said fiukes, and depressions in. said crown piece between middle and said ears to clear the hawscpipe lips,

means for drew 1g a part of said crown piece spect thereto, flukes upon ,said crown piece, anda lug approximate the middle of said crown piece adapted to enter and bear on said hawse pipe and to deflectsaid flukes against the ships side. v

7. The combination with an anchor shank, of a weight therefor comprising parts recessed to embrace the shank and each pro vided with a lug and a hole, the lug on each member passing into and secured in the hole of the other member.

8. The combination with a tapering anchor shank, of a weightcomprising members recessed to embrace the shank, each member provided with a lug and a hole, the lug on each member engaging and fastened in the hole of the other member.

9. -An anchor weight comprising cast metal parts recessed to embrace an anchor shank, each member provided with a lug cast integral therewith, and a hole, the lug on each member adapted to pass into the hole in the other member and to be riveted therein.

10. The combinationwith the tapering shank of a stockless anchor, of a weight member embracing said shank approximate the shackle end thereof, the taper of said shank preventing movement of said weight member away'fr'om the shackle end of said shank.

11. A stockless anchor comprising a crown piece, a shank secured therein and movable with respect thereto,flukes upon said crown having a greater width thansaid crown piece, and a lug upon said crown piece adapted to enter and bear within the hawse pipe, said flukes and ears adapted to clear the hawse pipe lips and to bear against the ships side. a

In testimony whereof I- have hereunto afiixed my signature in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

- WALTER S. BICKLEY.

Witnesses:

N. D. PownLL, R. J. BENNETT. 

